Awkward celebrity portraits

It just goes to show: we can't always be beautiful all the time.

By By Hearst staff

on May 3, 2013 5:58 PM

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Angelina Jolie isn't the only one with old studio portraits. News that her ancient modeling photos recently surfaced prompted this look at dated celebrity pictures, full of big hair, bad clothes, goofy poses and come-hither stares. less

Angelina Jolie isn't the only one with old studio portraits. News that her ancient modeling photos recently surfaced prompted this look at dated celebrity pictures, full of big hair, bad clothes, goofy poses ... more

Angelina Jolie isn't the only one with old studio portraits.... Photo-4583694.61793 - Times Union

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No rom-com vibe here, with Katherine Heigl in 1995.

No rom-com vibe here, with Katherine Heigl in 1995.

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No rom-com vibe here, with Katherine Heigl in 1995. Photo-4583695.61793 - Times Union

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Katherine Heigl, New York City, 1995.

Katherine Heigl, New York City, 1995.

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Katherine Heigl, New York City, 1995. Photo-4583696.61793 - Times Union

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Alec Baldwin, rocking a bandana and chest hair, in the '80s, as ''Billy Allison Alrich'' in his first big TV show, ''The Doctors.''

Alec Baldwin, rocking a bandana and chest hair, in the '80s, as ''Billy Allison Alrich'' in his first big TV show, ''The Doctors.''

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Alec Baldwin, rocking a bandana and chest hair, in the '80s,... Photo-4583697.61793 - Times Union

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This is what the ''Most Beautiful Woman'' (according to ''People'') looked like in 1992.
Gwyneth Paltrow is pictured as 'Angela Pritchard,'' from TV movie ''Cruel Doubt.''

This is what the ''Most Beautiful Woman'' (according to ''People'') looked like in 1992.
Gwyneth Paltrow is pictured as 'Angela Pritchard,'' from TV movie ''Cruel Doubt.''

This is what the ''Most Beautiful Woman''... Photo-4583698.61793 - Times Union

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Before the suave in ''Ocean's Eleven:'' George Clooney in ''The Facts of Life,'' mid-80s.

Before the suave in ''Ocean's Eleven:'' George Clooney in ''The Facts of Life,'' mid-80s.

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Before the suave in ''Ocean's Eleven:''... Photo-4583699.61793 - Times Union

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Christina Applegate, Los Angeles, 1993, in a pose photographers must of liked back then.

Christina Applegate, Los Angeles, 1993, in a pose photographers must of liked back then.